Easy Valentine’s Day drawing activities for kids include homemade cards, turning hearts into characters, drawing cute animal valentines with puns, and making kindness drawings for friends and family. Homemade valentines are personal, cost almost nothing and teach kids that their art can make someone smile.
Homemade valentine cards
- Fold paper or card in half.
- Draw a cute animal or character on the front.
- Add a pun: “You’re purr-fect,” “I like you a ton” (an elephant), “You’re dino-mite.”
- Sign it inside.
Cute animals are perfect for valentines. Learn a few step by step in the How to Draw books, where every step shows the complete drawing as a light gray outline so kids can see where each black line goes.
Heart characters
Hearts make great bodies. Draw a big heart and add eyes, arms, legs and a mouth. Try:
- A heart superhero with a cape.
- A heart monster with fangs.
- A sleepy heart in pajamas.
- A heart robot with antennae.
- A heart family: big heart, little hearts.
It’s a fun way to practice drawing with shapes.
Animal pun valentines
- Cat: “You’re purr-fect.”
- Bee: “Bee mine.”
- Owl: “Owl always love you.”
- Dinosaur: “You’re dino-mite.”
- Octopus: “I want to hold your hand, hand, hand...”
- Pig: “Hogs and kisses.”
- Monster: “You’re monstrously awesome.”
Kindness drawings
Valentine’s Day is about love in all its forms. Ask kids to draw something kind for someone: a drawing for a grandparent, a “thank you” for a teacher, a picture for a neighbor. See turn kids’ art into gifts.
Classroom valentines
- Have kids draw one character, then photocopy it so they have enough cards for the class.
- Set up an art center with heart templates, markers and stickers. See art center ideas.
- Decorate a valentine mailbox with drawings.
For little ones
Kids aged 3 and up can trace and color a cute animal, then add hearts around it. See tracing for kids.
For older kids
Tweens might enjoy a valentine comic, a “best friends” character sheet or a Draw by Grid animal as a carefully finished card. See drawing for tweens.
Tip: Keep a stack of folded blank cards in the art corner all year. When a kid wants to thank someone, the card is ready.
The book that helps
Cute and baby animals make the sweetest valentines. These books teach dozens of them in the formats for ages 3 and up.
How to Draw: Cute Cartoon Animals
How to Draw: Baby Animals
Trace Then Color: Baby AnimalsAs an Amazon Associate, FirstArtBooks earns from qualifying purchases.
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Questions
What can kids draw for Valentine’s Day?
Heart characters, cute animals with puns, homemade cards, kindness drawings for family and friends, and decorations for a valentine mailbox.
How do kids make homemade valentines?
Fold card in half, draw a cute character on the front, add a pun and sign it inside.
What are cute valentine puns for kids?
“You’re purr-fect,” “Bee mine,” “Owl always love you,” “You’re dino-mite” and “Hogs and kisses.”